Alumni are making a huge difference by supporting EMBL as mentors, facilitators and advisors. Find out how you can volunteer, for your benefit and ours.

Mentoring from EMBL

A mentorship scheme for all members of the EMBL community (staff and alumni), managed by EMBL Alumni Relations in partnership with the EMBL Alumni Association. 

Alumni mentors can contribute to the betterment of the life sciences community by supporting and inspiring scientists, science communicators and administrators at all stages in their careers.

Alumni interested in becoming mentors should take a moment to update their profile and select to receive mentoring requests from the Alumni Relations team.  

Provide your message of support to EMBL graduates

Each year, EMBL holds a ceremony to celebrate its newest group of PhDs who graduated during the last 12 months from all six EMBL sites.

As a gift to them, we create a display of well wishes, words of advice and congratulations from former predocs to give the graduands a sense of the generous and talented alumni community they are now formally a part of.

If you are an alumnus of the PhD programme you can provide your own quote. 

Be a guide at The World of Molecular Biology

Situated on the Heidelberg site, The World of Molecular Biology showcases the life sciences in all their facets, with a focus on EMBL’s research.

The exhibition opens to the public for guided tours and requires engaging facilitators to show and explain the interactive displays to guests.

If you have a passion for communicating science with the public, please read the volunteer description for these roles and contact us to signal your interest.